10 Jan, 18, Source: US Navy
The Navy successfully completed its first Joint
Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) flight test on the AH-1Z helicopter Dec.5 at
Patuxent River.
During the flight, aircrew aboard the AH-1Z navigated the
missile through various operational modes and exercised its active seeker to
search and/or acquire targets, demonstrating its compatibility with the
aircraft.
“Initial results from the flight indicate the missile
performed as planned,” said Liam Cosgrove, JAGM flight test lead. “We will
continue to conduct a series of tests to prepare for live fire testing of the
JAGM off the AH-1Z scheduled for early this year.”
JAGM, a joint program with the Army, is a
precision-guided munition for use against high value stationary, moving, and
relocatable land and maritime targets. It utilizes a multi-mode seeker to
provide targeting day or night in adverse weather, battlefield obscured
conditions and against a variety of countermeasures.
“This missile will provide increased lethality and better
targeting capabilities, beyond the Hellfire’s laser point designating
capability that the AH-1Z currently has in theater today,” said Capt. Mitch
Commerford, Direct and Time Sensitive Strike (PMA-242) program manager.
JAGM is managed by the Program Executive Office for
Missiles and Space, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama. It will initially be employed on
the AH-64 Apache and Marine Corps’ AH-1Z
helicopters and is compatible with any aircraft that can carry Hellfire
missiles. The Army will will complete a 48 shot test matrix by May 2018 on
AH-64 Apache aircraft in support of Milestone C.
Original post: helihub.com
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